Equipment Controller
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
“Under current Home Office rules, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves processing medical equipment orders, handling telephone calls, and recording information on the eQuip asset management system. You will also provide reception and administrative support to the Clinical Engineering department, which manages over 30,000 assets. The position requires working with various internal and external stakeholders, including medical engineers, technical staff, consultants, and ward managers. General office skills and the ability to handle medical equipment are essential for this role.
Key responsibilities
- Process medical equipment orders, telephone calls, and record information on the eQuip asset management system.
- Provide full reception service and administrative cover to Clinical Engineering.
- Work with external Medical Engineers, internal technical staff, managers, Consultants, and other hospital departments.
- Perform general office skills, including moving and handling of medical equipment.
Essential criteria
- Vocational qualification to level 3 in Secretarial, admin or equivalent
- Educated to English GCSE standard
- RSA level III keyboard skills or equivalent
- Excellent organisational skills
- Recent experience of reception/secretarial duties
- Familiar with MS Office
- Able to create Excel spreadsheets
- Ability to work as a team member
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
- Vocational qualification to level 3 in Secretarial, admin or equivalent
- Educated to English GCSE standard
- RSA level III keyboard skills or equivalent
- Excellent organisational skills
- Recent experience of reception/secretarial duties
- Familiar with MS Office
- Able to create Excel spreadsheets
- Ability to work as a team member
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Equipment Controller
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Equipment controller
Contract Type: Permanent
Under current Home Office rules, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.
Main duties of the job
Working in a small team operating within an ISO9001 quality management system and reporting to the office manager -
a) To process medical equipment, orders, telephone calls, recording of information on the eQuip asset management system and other related day to day activities.
b) To provide a full reception service and administrative cover to Clinical Engineering. The department manages 30,000+ assets and employees approximately 25 Clinical Technologists.
c) Working with - External Medical Engineers and representatives, internal technical staff and managers, Consultants, Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students, Specialist Nurses, Ward/Unit/Department Managers, other Nursing staff, internal and external hospital departments, Ward Clerks, other secretarial staff, Outpatient staff and senior managers.
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